Wet Paint The Art Collector Whose Brother May Be Haunting His Sugarbaby, Plumbing Issues at Hugh Hayden’s L.A. Debut, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, what celebrity appearance made Whitney staff members stifle laughter? Which art dealer/marine conservationist is on the hunt for a new assistant? By Annie Armstrong, Dec 1, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Single-Owner Sales Lose Steam Surveying this year’s single-owner sales, the thrill-kill of guarantees, a record-setting Salvo, and much more. By Artnet News, Dec 1, 2023
Auctions A Royal Portrait by Diego Velázquez Heads to Auction for the First Time in Half a Century The work is expected to fetch $35 million when it hits the block at Sotheby's New York. By Adam Schrader, Nov 30, 2023
Market South Korea Is Building a Gigantic Art Storage Facility in Its Latest Bid to Be Asia’s Art Hub The one-million-square-foot space is just part of a much more ambitious plan. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 30, 2023
The Hammer Simon de Pury on How the Auction Houses Took the Thrill Out of Their Own Game The veteran auctioneer weighs in on the double-edged sword that is the financial guarantee. By Simon de Pury, Nov 30, 2023
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s Hong Kong’s Post-Millennium Evening Sale, November 2023 Let the numbers tell the story. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 29, 2023
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results From Christie’s Hong Kong’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, November 2023 Get the stats behind the spin. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 29, 2023
Auctions How Do You Make $191,000 From a $4 Painting? You Don’t How a New Hampshire woman tried—and failed—to sell an N.C. Wyeth painting she bought at a thrift store. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 29, 2023
Art Fairs Homegrown Talent Takes Center Stage at Artbo, Colombia’s Premier Art Fair in Bogotá At the fair and beyond, galleries focused on celebrating Colombian artists. By William Van Meter, Nov 29, 2023
Auctions Two Rare Paintings by Sienese Master Pietro Lorenzetti Come to Light After a Century in Obscurity The pair of panels is the latest discovery of art historian-detective Eric Turquin. By Brian Boucher, Nov 28, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s New York Headquarters to Welcome a New Tenant Cornell University’s medical school and research arm in New York will take five floors in the auction house's York Avenue building. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 28, 2023
Auctions A Still Life by Dutch Master Clara Peeters, Unseen for a Century, Heads to Auction The artist’s current auction high is $1.7 million, set at Paris auction house Ferri in 1998. By Brian Boucher, Nov 27, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Black Friday This week in the Back Room: Dealers deepen their discounts, Cheim & Read announces closure, an operatic Fragonard, and much more. By Artnet News, Nov 24, 2023
Art Fairs Art Basel Is Launching a Charitable Online Art Sales Platform Ahead of Its Miami Beach Fair Collectors must make a charitable donation beginning at 10 percent of the sale price of the artwork they want to purchase. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 23, 2023
The Art Detective Two Contemporary Female Painters Triumphed at Sotheby’s. Who Came Out on Top Depends on How You Do the Math Six female artists infiltrated the highest echelon of the art market during the series of bellwether New York auctions this month. By Katya Kazakina, Nov 23, 2023
